Estimated New Zealand population

As at 31 December 1928–2016, millions

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Notes

Estimated de facto population: De facto population estimates include all people present in New Zealand and counted by the census (census night population count).

Estimated resident population: The estimated resident population is based on the census usually resident population count, updated for residents missed or counted more than once by the census (net census undercount); and births, deaths, and net migration between census night and the date of the estimate.